A better green tomato cake!
As the weather here starts to get colder, we have to harvest our tomatoes, ripe or not, before they get exposed to a
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Make room for edamame this summer
I remember the first time I tried edamame. I was in a Japanese restaurant, and the server placed a bowl of warm little
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Best rhubarb cake ever!
It’s the end of May, and the weather in our region has been most uncooperative. It’s been cold. It’s been rainy. And it’s
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Farm tour: Hawaiian Vanilla Company
We recently vacationed on the Big Island of Hawai’i, which was an incredible experience. It is an amazing place if you love being
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It’s time to plant garlic!
The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and we have had a few rounds of light frost. That can only
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How to save tomato seeds
One of the amazing things about heirloom tomatoes is their incredible taste and wide variety of colours, sizes and shapes. Another amazing thing
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Grow endless green onions with walking onions
If you can get your hands on walking onions, you may wind up with a lifetime supply of green onions. A tough, perennial
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Get your garlic scapes while you can
I love to see the arrival of garlic scape season. For me, it means the mid-season vegetables like cucumbers and zucchini are around
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5 herbs to grow yourself
Lately, friends have been asking about choosing herbs to grow at home. Here are 5 herbs that are easy to grow, both in
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Try growing sylvetta… carefully
I love the taste of arugula. For me, it was truly love at first bite. It’s a leafy green, but with a much
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